[logn]

If I had to choose between:

"I developed everything from 1 page parallax websites to custom CMS's, Wordpress installs as well as maintaining the local office equipment"

and someone who did that in addition to Linux systems admin for a few years, I'd choose the latter every time.

Also to your point on "full stack dev", I don't see how someone who can't write Bash scripts, write/manage monitoring tools, configure servers/software, and set up automated cloud deployments could be considered full stack.

[aragot]

In Australia, if you apply for a 457 visa as a software developer, you must show 3-5-10 years of experience in software development, "or a closely related field". It's much easier to be in the first situation than having to demonstrate the field is closely related, e.g. they don't specify DBA nor team lead on that list.

Of course if you apply with humans, they may understand that a master of Linux and Java dev adds a lot of value to a dev team. But HRs aren't humans.

[S4M]

Isn't system administration a "closely related field" to software development, at least from the point of view of the people reading the visa application?